NYC mayor steps onto bigger political stages

Craig Ruttle

Published
5:00 am EDT, Wednesday, September 24, 2014

FILE- In this Sept. 21, 2014 file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, second right, walks among other notables during the People's Climate March in New York. Within days of each other, de Blasio appeared at three high profile events and appears to be working at increasing his visability. From left are French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius; primatologist Jane Goodall; former U.S. Vice President Al Gore; de Blasio, and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

FILE- In this Sept. 21, 2014 file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, second right, walks among other notables during the People's Climate March in New York. Within days of each other, de Blasio appeared at

FILE- In this Sept. 21, 2014 file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, second right, walks among other notables during the People's Climate March in New York. Within days of each other, de Blasio appeared at three high profile events and appears to be working at increasing his visability. From left are French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius; primatologist Jane Goodall; former U.S. Vice President Al Gore; de Blasio, and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

FILE- In this Sept. 21, 2014 file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, second right, walks among other notables during the People's Climate March in New York. Within days of each other, de Blasio appeared at

FILE- In this Sept. 21, 2014 file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, second right, walks among other notables during the People's Climate March in New York. Within days of each other, de Blasio appeared at three high profile events and appears to be working at increasing his visability. From left are French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius; primatologist Jane Goodall; former U.S. Vice President Al Gore; de Blasio, and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)